Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breathing
1 sense of breathing
Sense 1
breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation -- (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity -- (an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb breathe
9 senses of breathe
Sense 1
breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire -- (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring")
Phrasal Verb-> breathe out#1; breathe in#1
Sense 2
breathe -- (be alive; "Every creature that breathes")
=> exist, survive, live, subsist -- (support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day")
Sense 3
breathe -- (impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house")
=> instill, transfuse -- (impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students")
Sense 4
breathe -- (allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear")
=> be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")
Sense 5
breathe -- (utter or tell; "not breathe a word")
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to -- (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse")
Sense 6
breathe -- (manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit")
=> convey -- (make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me")
Sense 7
rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather -- (take a short break from one's activities in order to relax)
=> pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch")
Sense 8
breathe -- (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours")
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate -- (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)
Sense 9
emit, breathe, pass off -- (expel (gases or odors))
=> exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release -- (eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas")
Antonyms of adj breathing
1 sense of breathing
Sense 1
breathing (vs. breathless), eupneic, eupnoeic -- (passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone")
breathless (vs. breathing), dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal -- (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest")
=> asphyxiating -- (tending to deprive of oxygen; "asphyxiating gasses")
=> smothering, suffocating, suffocative -- (causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless")
=> blown, pursy, short-winded, winded -- (breathing laboriously or convulsively)
Similarity of adj breathing
1 sense of breathing
Sense 1
breathing (vs. breathless), eupneic, eupnoeic -- (passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone")
=> sweet-breathed -- (having breath or breath as specified)
